Typical Household Hazardous Wastes

Household Hazardous Wastes are materials and chemicals that are toxic, flammable, corrosive, reactive, or explosive. They typically cannot be safely recycled or disposed of without a special center or collection event. These wastes can be a serious threat to water supplies and our local environment if they are improperly discarded with nonhazardous trash (put into a municipal solid waste landfill), dumped down the drain, or illegally dumped elsewhere.

The following are examples of common Household Hazardous Wastes.

Oil-based paints

Household batteries

Paint thinners

Insecticides

Used motor oil

Lawn chemicals

Herbicides

Pesticides

Drain cleaners

Solvents

Old gasoline

Pool chemicals

Antifreeze

Hobby chemicals

Cleaning products

Aerosol paints and pesticides

Mercury

Fluorescent lamp bulbs

Double bagged and wetted asbestos

Old and outdated medicines and pharmaceuticals

No industrial, commercial, or business wastes can be accepted at a residential Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event, only residential wastes.